Because it's cool to be different. Norway is the "best" black metal-related country for those classic 5-10 traditional sounding bands and its 5-10 avant-garde ones, regardless of anyone's taste in music. Now, if someone prefers some other country, that's an entirely different matter even though I did base my own choice on personal criteria._________________Sic transit gloria mundi

to burn churches DOESN'T mean you are good in creating black metal music. Some guys, actually, were good in both performing excellent music and using lighter+gasoline, most part of others were not.

So please tell us;
- "how many good records there have to come before we can vote some country?"
- "how many bad bands/records there have to be when they start overshadowing the good bands/records?"
- "what country we should vote and for what reason?"

If records like Hvis Lyset Tar Oss or Kunsten Maa Vi Evigt Vike or Bergtatt were recorded in Paraguay at that time, I would say Paraguay then._________________Mors fennico more

Hmmm. Not gonna vote as mentally I don't really group bands together under country so I will probably just forget which country contains the greatest number of my favourite bands.

In terms of current bands I really like Dodsengel who are Norwegian and of course Mayhem, Burzum, Darkthrone are hard to ignore.

Germany is not on the list and many of my favourite new and old bands come from there. Like early Bethlehem, Desaster and Nagelfar. Ruins of Beverast, Verdunkeln, Graupel, Lunar aurora are decent amongst the newer bands, especially Ruins...

I don't think I listen to any French metal. I remember getting a cassette of some band Celestia (I think) a while back and it left me with a bad impression. Total shit as far as I remember so maybe it has subconciously put me off French metal.

I'm no fan of the Greek sound - its ok - but I realise a lot of people worship it. Spain and Italy? Apart from Mortuary Drape early stuff I can't think of anything I really enjoy from these countries. Teitanblood is alright, no more, and Proclomation precipitated a hangover at NWN fest a couple of years back. Woeful dull shite. I'm not convinced mediterranean dudes have the right environment for the kind of BM I like. I'm listening to Cultes Des Ghoules right now - I couldn't see this kind of atmosphere coming from some sunburnt olive growing hillside. Sorry.

Scandinavia as a whole probably wins. Central and eastern Europe also high up there and there is some class shit old and new right across the Americas. Vague, yes, I know. Even relative backwaters like Ireland and England has some killer stuff but i guess you can say that about any country....

I understand your point but if you are into black metal for years,tell me is there more dark and evil material from Necromantia /Varathron split???
And this masterpiece of dark and occult art comes...from the land of Apollon!Sun,sea,ouzo and olive oil!
Also,you referred to Mortuary Drape.They are the definition of satanic and evil atmosphere in black metal!And they come from Mediterranean sea.(Hail Italy)
The only records who could approach this diabolic majesty is first two Samael.

OPINIONS: any opinion about norway is influenced by burned churches and murders. there's no objectivity about norwegian black metal music.

to burn churches DOESN'T mean you are good in creating black metal music. Some guys, actually, were good in both performing excellent music and using lighter+gasoline, most part of others were not.

now i stop this shit, you guys worshipping norsecore are like muslims for hallah, norway is the "sacred entity", the "untouchable one", the supreme spirit of black metal. crap.

You actually believe the retarded shit you just wrote? You aren't exactly on a forum full of burzum-worshipping mallcore kids. People who listed Norway were quite clear about its merits, and while some of the church burning social-antics bands do deserve mentioning, it is despite this shit, not because of it. I said Norway because of bands like Kvist, Obtained Enslavement, Kaevum, Taake, Tsjuder, Sargeist and so on. I'm quite certain that others did so for the same reason. If anything, its people like you who spend too much time focused on the burnings.